Chapter 36: Qi Yi and Su Shen

Cough, cough. Qi Yi hadn't expected Su Jin to react this way. She silently took a deep breath before asking, "Then do you know Su Zhang?"

"I know him," Su Jin said.

"Then do you want to know about his current situation?" Qi Yi asked.

"No," Su Jin said, shaking her head directly.

"Then do you hate him?" Qi Yi asked again.

Su Jin shook her head. "Why would I hate him?"

Back then, although Su Zhang had forcibly demanded a divorce and abandoned her and the second child, Su Shen, the only one who truly had no choice was the second child still in the womb.

She had a choice.

Back then, Su Zhang, with red eyes and an earnest gaze, had hoped she would choose her father.

Unfortunately, Su Jin believed he had broken his faith and his character was flawed. So she directly chose her mother, Lin Linghua, who was more responsible and more dependable.

Several years have passed; her mother and her current father, Su Yan, both love her very much, proving she made the right choice back then.

Qi Yi frowned slightly as she looked at her.

This was not what she had expected.

She had been reborn, and reborn twice. The first time, she was reborn from the interstellar era into this cultivation world. The second time, after being killed, she was reborn back to her childhood.

The little girl before her was the older sister of Su Shen, who had fought with her for a lifetime.

Su Shen had loved her father so much back then, and loved fighting with her for paternal love so much; why did Su Jin's eyes show no longing or filial affection for her father, Su Zhang?

Yet, her father had always spoken highly of Su Jin, never saying a single bad word about her.

Whether in the previous life or the present. Whether in front of others or behind their backs.

She always felt that Su Jin was a person full of mysteries.

"He... he is your father, yet he did not stay by your side to raise you. Do you truly not hate him?" Qi Yi hurriedly pressed on.

"It's fine; I have my father accompanying me as I grow up, and he treats me very well," Su Jin said. Su Jin was referring to Su Yan. To be honest, Su Jin always felt that Su Yan was more suitable to be a dad than Su Zhang. Su Yan had an extremely good temper and was very careful with raising children.

Qi Yi nearly suffered a heart attack upon hearing this.

She thought that if her father, Su Zhang, knew Su Jin's thoughts, he would surely be heartbroken.

That was right; she was the daughter of Su Zhang's beloved.

Before her mother married Su Zhang, she already had three children: her two older brothers and herself.

Their father had died in battle long ago.

Her mother, carrying the three children, had been driven out of the Qi family gate.

To care for the three children, her mother used her frail body to earn money and support the family.

A widow raising three children was too difficult to survive. Often bullied and harassed by others, her mother soon fell into depression and committed suicide.

To avoid watching her mother commit suicide from depression again, she had lured Su Zhang, letting him see her own mother's wretched state. As she had expected, Su Zhang returned home, divorced his pregnant wife, and married her mother, also taking on the responsibility of caring for the three siblings.

In Qi Yi's eyes, Su Zhang was a trustworthy and respectable good husband and good father.

He treated the four of them, mother and daughters, as well as could possibly be.

But he had not forgotten his own children; she often saw him secretly visiting Su Jin and Su Shen.

He only peered secretly, never appearing before them.

"Then Su Zhang is also your biological father, right? Haven't you thought about visiting him? Seeing how he is doing now?" Qi Yi argued unwillingly on behalf of her father.

"Why would I go visit him? I heard he is doing very well now, with a loving wife and filial children; he has five children in total. When he grows old, he will have five children to care for him. Why would I go visit him?" Su Jin looked at Qi Yi suspiciously. "How do you know about Su Zhang? Are you his neighbor, or the child of his second wife?"

"I am the child of his second wife. My name is Qi Yi," Qi Yi formally introduced herself to Su Jin.

"Oh, oh. Then treat him better in the future. He was expelled from his clan by his grandfather just to marry a new bride," Su Jin said gleefully.

Qi Yi: "..."

"I'm hungry; I'm going to heat up the food. If you just want to talk about Su Zhang, then don't mention him again in the future. It's unnecessary." Su Jin smiled, picked up her small basket, and went to heat the food and eat.

Qi Yi watched Su Jin's departing figure, feeling completely depressed.

Even in the previous life, Su Zhang had never forgotten Su Jin. Even though Su Shen had committed so many wrongs, he could forgive her again and again. It was all because of Su Jin.

He always said that if Su Jin were still alive, she would surely forgive Su Shen.

And it wasn't just her father who always remembered Su Jin's good deeds and constantly favored Su Shen.

Within the family and the sect, Su Jin's legacy was truly too vast; every time Su Shen fell into a desperate situation, someone would step in to help her.

Su Jin was Su Shen's greatest cheat in life.

Even after Su Shen fell into demonic cultivation, the sect's elders could still retrieve her, spending vast resources to help her cleanse her demonic arts and readmit her to the sect.

At that time, this simply made countless people's jaws drop.

She, Su Shen, was simply the first person in history.

She was the first case in the sect where someone who fell into demonic cultivation was neither hunted down nor expelled. She was also the first case in the sect where several elders joined forces to help her cleanse her demonic arts.

Qi Yi had never been able to understand back then: was Su Jin really so favored by the sect?

How could there be so much legacy?

What exactly did Su Jin do to make everyone remember her so fondly?

So, when she learned that Su Jin was also studying at the Su family clan school, she disregarded her mother's opposition and resolutely insisted on attending the Su family clan school.

The reasons were readily available: among the various family schools nearby, the Su family clan school was the best-run and produced the most talented individuals.

Su Jin knew nothing of the swirling thoughts in Qi Yi's mind. After finishing lunch, Su Jin returned to the Second Classroom, packed her things, and under the intense gazes of everyone, went to the adjacent Third Classroom.

She had finally escaped this classroom where spiritual energy was becoming increasingly scarce, and also escaped Su Lan's constant secret glares at her!

Watching Su Jin leave, Su Cheng couldn't help but shout, "Wait for me, you guys; I can go over there tomorrow."

Su Jin didn't even turn her head, simply waving her hand directly.

Su Yunhu: So in the end, only I am left as the child?

Su Jin watched as Su Jin left, her heart consumed by jealousy.

Su Linyuan and Yang Guan: We must eat more spiritual fruits. Our cultivation speed must be accelerated.

In the Third Academy, Su Jin, clutching her belongings, had barely stepped inside when Su Wuji rushed to the door to greet her.

"Ah, I finally waited for you to arrive. I am the only one here; it is truly unbearable. There isn't even a single person to talk to; I even thought of running back to find you," Su Wuji said with a smile.

"You must absolutely not run back. You don't know that two more classmates have broken through to the first layer of Qi Refining in these past two days. With so many people cultivating together, all using Spirit-Gathering Arrays as assistance, the spiritual energy is barely enough." Su Jin couldn't help but complain.